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egalitarian

[ih-gal-i-tair-ee-uhn] / ɪˌgæl ɪˈtɛər i ən /


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During his reign, the Norwegian monarchy became more egalitarian and transparent with finances and health, Ole-Jørgen Schulsrud-Hansen, historian and TV2 royal correspondent, told the BBC.

From BBC Aug. 28, 2026

The problem — and the beauty — of Social Security is that it was conceived as an egalitarian system.

From MarketWatch Aug. 3, 2026

That means that the public must have egalitarian, accessible, and effective channels to influence the law and policy that interpret, reflect, and shape constitutional meaning.

From Slate Jul. 20, 2026

A 2016 paper found that even men with personal egalitarian beliefs were less likely to express those views when they believed they were outside the norm.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 8, 2026

Because modern-day hunter-gatherers in Africa live in egalitarian bands that constantly move from place to place, archaeologists assumed that Native American hunter-gatherers must also have done so.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

But Masur’s monumental account leaves no doubt that a generation of 19th-century racial egalitarians altered history.

From Washington Post Apr. 22, 2021

By categorizing people as lucky or unlucky, she argued, these egalitarians set up a moralizing hierarchy.

From The New Yorker Dec. 31, 2018

But those whigs, liberals, egalitarians, eco-warriors, freedom-fighters or pacifists who are able to imagine a far better world all hear the call of utopianism.

From The Guardian Jan. 24, 2016

We are all egalitarians in some spheres at least, but we are not egalitarians in all spheres.

From Salon Nov. 25, 2015

There were even a few egalitarians who claimed for all classes a democratic régime.

From The Age of the Reformation by Preserved Smith




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